Male figure in a nemes and shendyt kilt

Male figure in a nemes and shendyt kilt

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The figure has no uraeus. This and other features suggest it is an Egyptianizing figure from the Roman period.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Male figure in a nemes and shendyt kiltMale figure in a nemes and shendyt kiltMale figure in a nemes and shendyt kiltMale figure in a nemes and shendyt kiltMale figure in a nemes and shendyt kilt

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.